As November 6th is fast approaching, it might be high time to get (re-)acquainted with the basics of the American electoral system. The Economist has a short but informative online movie on the subject.
There is, of course, a wealth of other information material out there. Here are some of the most trustworthy and up-to-date sources:
The New York Times has a wide variety of interactive maps that are updated regularly.
The same goes for the Washington Post,
…which also offers a concise and interesting overview of campaign spending in the individual states.
The arguably most relevant poll for the upcoming election is the so-called „Purple Poll“ which tracks swing states sentiments, but is only released about once a month.
One of the best sources for statistics and interpretations thereof is the NY Times FiveThirtyEight Blog.
And last but not least, for fans of online radio, NPR offers a wide range of political coverage at: https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/
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EDIT:
Der Kollege Niklas Flamang hat noch folgende Lese- und Surftipps parat (vielen Dank dafür):
Bezüglich der Websites für die Infos zur US-Wahl würde ich übrigens noch
Sam Wangs Princeton Election Consortium (election.princeton.edu) und Ezra
Kleins Wonkblog (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/)
empfehlen. Wangs Ansatz ist etwas durchsichtiger als der von Nate Silver
und Ezra Klein und Co untermalen ihre Artikel immer wieder netten Graphen
und machen auch viel factchecking. Klein hat sich auch durch die
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